Corset-steel.



T. F. SOMERS.

CORSET STEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1914.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

THOMAS F. SOMERS, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

CORSET-STEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed March 9, 1914. Serial No. 823,530.

To anti/71.0712. it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS F. boMnRs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Steels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to corset steels and more particularly to a novel manner of reinforcing the steels, which constitute the clasp for fastening the corset at the front.

The holes ordinarily provided for the studs and rivets weaken the steel and by applying a reinforcement the steel is strengthened at the weakened sections intermediate the ends of the steel, which portion receives the greatest strain. The reinforcing strips do not appreciably impair the flexibility of the steel and may be applied to the present forms of clasp steels without any change in the construction of the latter. The studs, hooks, and rivets are also given extra support by the novel reinforcing strips.

The above and other objects and the novel features of the invention will be apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of the steels comprising the clasp of a corset and embodying my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 show the two steels detached and illustrate the construction of the rear side thereof; Figs. 1 and 5 illustrate the reinforcing strips used on the steel carrying the studs; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the clips used in attaching the reinforcement shown in Figs. st and 5 to the steel shown in Fig. 3; Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate the reinforcing strips used on the steel carrying the hooks or eyes; Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the clips for attaching the reinforcement shown in Figs. 7 and 8 to the steel shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 10 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, A and B designate the flexible metal steels at the front of the corset which carry the fastening devices constituting the clasp. The steel A has a plurality of plates provided with eyes or hooks, each plate being secured to the steel A by rivets 12 and extending beyond one edge of the steel. The steel B has a corresponding series of studs the shank of each having a shoulder 14 and an upset part 14' whereby the studs are secured to the steel, the enlargement in the eve plates fitting over the heads of the studs when the two steels are fastened together. Near its center the steel A is reinforced by the flat, flexible metal strips 15 and 16. The strip 15 is provided with the recesses 17 along one edge near its ends which recesses are shaped to receive the curved attached parts of the eye plates 0 and (Z, near the center of the steel. The strip 16 fits on the opposite side of the steel A andhas holes 18 at its ends near its edge to receive the portions 12 of the rivets 12 on the inner side of the steel A, and is of a thickness so that the ends of the rivets will be substantially flush with the outer surface of the reinforcing strip 16. The clips G, illustrated in Fig. 9, are each provided for detachably connecting the strips 15 and 16 in place on opposite sides of the steel A. Each clip G comprises a single piece of resilient metal having the portions 19 and 20 bent to form U shaped members at the ends of the cross part 21, each U shaped part comprising the legs 22 and 23 tending to spring together. The U shaped end portions of each. clip fit over the edge of the steel and the edges of the two reinforcements, the parts 19 and 20 being disposed on opposite sides of the eye plates 0 and (Z, and the connecting part 21 is shaped so as to fit around the IlVQ tS 12 to hold the clip in place. The steel B is reinforced in a corresponding manner by means of the thin flexible metal strips and 25, shown in Figs. l and 5. The strip 24. has holes 26 at its ends to fit over the heads of the studs 6 and f, and the strip has the holes 27 at its ends. The holes 27 are of smaller diameter than the holes 26 and receive the ends of the studs on the steel B. The strips 24 and 25 are placed in corresponding positions on opposite sides of the steel B and near the edge which is contiguous to the steel A.

The reinforcing strips 2% and 25 are held in place by two clips 28, one of which is shown in perspective in Fig. 6. Each clip 28 is made of a single piece of resilient metal. and bent intermediate its ends upon itself to fit around the edge of the steel and the edges of the reinforcing strips 24c and 25. The ends of the clips tend to spring together and each end has a recess 29 providing spring fingers 30 to fit around the shank of the stud and around the upset portion on the opposite side of the steel, whereby the ends of the upset seen that I have provided a reinforcement for the steels comprising the clasp of a corset which can be securely and readily set in place on an ordinary corset steel and if desired detached therefrom.

The construction as herein described is more economical than is the present corset clasp inasmuch as it will not break and will outlast a number of the type of clasps at present in use.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A corset steel having fastening devices secured thereto, a reinforcing strip fitting flat against said steel between two of said devices, and readily detachable means for detachably securing the strip to the. steel.

2. A corset steel having fastening devices secured thereto, a short strip fitting fiat against said steel and adjacent said fastening devices, and detachable means for securing the strip to the, steel.

3. A corset steel having fastening devices rigidly secured thereto, reinforcing strips on opposite sides of the steel near the center' thereof, and means for detachably securing the strips to the steel.

4:. corset steel having fastening devices Copies of this patent may be obtained for a reinforcing rigidly secured thereto, a reinforcing strip fitting against said steel intermediate the ends thereof, and a spring clip for securing the strip to the steel.

5. A corset steel having fastening devices secured thereto, reinforcing strips fitting on opposite sides of said steel and engaging said fastening devices, and spring clips for securing the strips to the steel.

6. A corset steel having fastening devices secured thereto, a reinforcing strip recessed at its ends to fit certain of said fastening devices, and means forattaching the strip to the steel. p

7. A corset steel having fastening devices secured thereto, a reinforcing strip recessed at its ends to fit certain of said fastening devices intermediate the ends of the steel, and a clip engaging a fastening device and arranged to hold the. strip on the steel.

8. A corset steel comprising a main body portion and a reinforcing portion fitting against said body portion intermediate the ends thereof, and a spring the reinforcing portion in place on the body portion. I

9. A corset steel comprising a body plate, strip fitting against thebody plate near the transverse center line of said clip for holding j,

body plate and spring clips for securing the reinforcing strip in placeon the body plate,

said body plate having means cooperating with said strip to hold the strip in place near the transverse'center line of the body plate.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. SOMERS.

Witnesses:

J. P. GANNQN,

MARIE FAI-IMER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of .Patents.

Washington, D. G." 

